Remove 2022 Remove Inventory Remove San Francisco Remove Sustainability
article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

If a bill introduced by San Francisco-based state Senator Scott Wiener becomes law, California could become the first state to require certain new cars to be equipped with a device capable of limiting speed. CargoNet’s analysis of fourth-quarter 2023 data showed a 68% year-over-year increase compared with 2022.

article thumbnail

Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

On a daily basis, supply chain teams are juggling new sustainability requirements, supply disruptions, sudden changes in consumer demand, and labor shortages. Retailers will also have an inventory surplus because people will buy less overall, meaning they may need to lower prices to clear their excess stock–hurting their profits.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

“Around 0600 Pacific Time Tuesday morning, multiple Waymo vehicles in San Francisco encountered very dense fog and determined they should pull over temporarily,” a company spokesperson said. million jobs in March, the fewest number of jobs in the sector since January 2022, when companies employed 1.88

article thumbnail

A Grocery Store You’ve Never Heard of is About to be one of the Biggest in America

BlueYonder

billion to expand to 2,500 stores — up from 1,600 stores today — by 2022, the company said Monday. We think the shift to browsing and buying via smartphones will sustain e-commerce growth, as the convenience of mobile encourages more frequent online shopping. Inventory is often delivered to warehouses in shipping containers.

article thumbnail

A Grocery Store You’ve Never Heard of is About to be one of the Biggest in America

BlueYonder

billion to expand to 2,500 stores — up from 1,600 stores today — by 2022, the company said Monday. We think the shift to browsing and buying via smartphones will sustain e-commerce growth, as the convenience of mobile encourages more frequent online shopping. Inventory is often delivered to warehouses in shipping containers.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Fast forward to 2022, and Amazon increased its production by nearly 4-times that amount in clean energy. Earlier this week, the company announced that it grew its renewable energy capacity in 2022 by 8.3 Earlier this week, San Francisco-based vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. Maritime containership giant A.P.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (March 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

President Biden signed the $53 billion CHIPS and Science Act into law in August 2022, committing to ensure that the U.S. Intel wins $19.5 billion in CHIPS Act funding New report pegs cost of electrifying U.S. billion funding deal with Intel , which the semiconductor giant plans to use for four new production facilities across the country.